Wall-tie.



T. J. MCDONALD.

WALL TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1908.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

UNITED STATES THOMAS JIMCDoNALD, or rnrssnnc, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR "10 .FAG'IURING'COMPANY. LIMITED, or mesa-me. PENNSYLVANIA, manna. 5

,1voi 968,310..

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. e9, 1908. 7

Application filed March 12, mos. Saris! no. 420,838.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J MoDonALD,

a citizen of the-United States of America,"

residing at Pittsburg,

in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have N invented certain new and useful Im rovem'ents in Wall-Ties, of which the f0 owin is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a wall tie, and the primary object of my invention is, to provide simple and efiective means for tyin two or more bricks together, or to a suita le support.

A further object of m vide an inexpensive wa 1 tie that can be cut and sheared from a strip of metal and bent to form a tie adapted for various uses.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily ap ear as the invention is better understood the same con sists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be resently described and then specifically pointedv out in the appended claims.

In the drawings; Figure 1 is a erspective view of a brick wall illustrating t e applicainvention is to protion of my invention for tying two or more bricks together. as Fig. 3.is a plan of the same constructed to tie two or more bricks. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same constructed to tie bricks to a suitable support, Fig. 5 is a plan of a modified form of wall tie.

To put my invention into practice, I provide wall ties which. are cut and sheared from sheets of metal 1, each Wall tie bein substantially V shaped in contour an Fig. 2 is a plan of a wall tie comprises a triangular-shaped body; ortion.

having a truncated end 3. The 00 y portion has projecting from its other end a pair of arms 2, these latter diverging with respect to each other and having the inner terminus of the inner edge thereof s aced from each other whereby a portion 0 that end of the body portion from which the arms 2 project is formed with a straight edge. The arms 2 are provided with V-shaped slots 4. The tie is formed with circular openings 5, certain of these openings 5 being located in the body portion and one of said openings is positioned at the end of each arm. The outer terminus of the arms 2 is cut away so as to provide pointed ends.

cut and sheared from a strip of metal.-

When the tie is used in a standard wall for binding bricks, it can be used as shown in 'Fig. 2, or one of the arms bent u on the dotted line 6 to provide the form s own in Fig. 3, the actual use of this form bein shown in. the standard wall of Fig. 1.

veneered wall, the body portion can be bent upwardly at right angles to the arms 2 either upon the dotted line 6 or'the dotted line 7, according to the width of a brick. In some instances the body portion may lie flat and the ends of the arms bent upwardly and secured to the weather-boarding 8, as at 9.

Nails or an suitable fastenin means can be employed or securing the body portion 3 or the ends of the arms 2 to the weatherboarding 8.

In Fig. 5 of the drawings, the arms 2 are shown provided with openings 5 in lieu of the V-shaped slots 4.

From the foregoin description it will be observed that I have evised a simple and inexpensive wall tie that can be used in connection with most any kind of a brick wall, the opening 4 being adapted to receive mortar and prevent lateral displacement of the bricks composin a wall.

I reserve the right to make my wall tie any desired size and provide the same'with an shape'of openings that are conducive to bin in the tie between two or more bricks.

aving now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A wall tie comprisin a V-shaped piece of flat bendable metal emfiodying a substantially triangular-shaped body portion haning one end truncated and a pair or arms projecting from the other end of the body portion said body portion provided with circular openings an said arms prodded with openin s, sald arms diverging with respect to each ot er and each having a ointed end and of a greater length than the body portion.

A wall tie comprising a ii-shaped piece of bendable flat material, embodying a substantially triangular-shaped body portion having one end truncated and a pair of arms projecting from the other end of the body portion, said arms diverging with respect to each other and having pointed ends and of reater length than t e body portion, said ody portion proiided with circular openings and said arms formed with slots.

3. A wall tie comprising a V-shaped piece If the tie is used in connection with a.

MCDONALD MANU- of bendable flat material; embodying a substantially triangular shaped body portion haning one end truncated and a pair of arms projecting from the other end of said body portion, said arms diverging with respect to each other and hating pointed ends and of reater length than t e body ortion, said ody portion proxided with circular openirligs and said arms formed with V-shaped s ots.

I 4. A wall tie comprising a V-shaped piece of flat metal embodying a substantially triangular-shaped body portion hazing one end truncated and a pair of arms projecting from the other end of the body ortion, said arms and body portion provi ed with openings and said arms diverging with respect to each other and each hating the outer terminus thereof pointed.

- soasm 5. A wall tie comprising a V-shaped piece of fiat metal cut away toprovide a substantially triangular-shaped body ortion hailing one end truncated and a pair 0 arms projecting from the other end of the body portion, sald body portion andarms proui'ded with circular openings and said arms furthermore provided with V-shaped slots interposed between the circular openings in the arms and body portion, said arms diverging with respect to each other:

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. MCDONALD. 

